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Sa chl谩r dr谩ma铆ochta faisn茅ise seo d茅anfar sc茅al Mhaolra Seoighe a nochtadh tr铆 shainanail铆s, m铆reanna dr谩mat煤la bunaithe ar ch谩ip茅is铆 nua stairi煤la agus l茅argas 贸 shliochtaigh Sheoigeach Mh谩m Trasna.

Ba as M谩m Trasna 茅 Maolra Seoighe, fear a crochadh 130 bliain 贸 shin. Ba athair 茅 Maolra Seoighe, c茅ile, feirmeoir agus Gaeilgeoir agus deirtear gurb 铆 a theanga d煤chais an ghn茅 ba mh贸 a ba ch煤is lena chrochadh sa deireadh thiar thall. I l谩r o铆che 听dhorcha in 1882, ba bheag n谩r d煤nmhara铆odh clann Sheoigheach uilig, i nD煤iche Sheoigheach, ceantar iarg煤lta tuaithe ar an teorann idir Contae na Gaillimhe agus Contae Mhaigh Eo.听 C煤is铆odh deichni煤r as an choir seo, duine acu si煤d n谩 Maolra Seoighe.听 Bh铆 Maolra ar dhuine de thri煤r a crochadh mar gheall ar an eachtra seo.听 Ba 茅 an B茅arla a bh铆 mar theanga labhartha an ch贸rais dl铆 in 脡irinn ag an am.听 N铆or labhair an breitheamh, an gi煤ir茅, n谩 an dl铆od贸ir focal Gaeilge ach ba iad a ghearr p铆on贸s an bh谩is, tr铆 Bh茅arla, ar Mhaolra Seoighe, fear n谩r thuig n贸 n谩r labhair focal B茅arla.

Labhra铆onn m贸r-uaisle agus maithe na polait铆ochta in 脡irinn agus Sasana sa chl谩r seo agus iad ag d茅anamh cur s铆os ar fheachtas 煤r chun c谩il Mhaolra Seoighe a shl谩n煤.

听In this docu-drama, Maolra Seoighe鈥檚 story is unearthed through expert analysis, dramatic reconstructions based on newly unearthed historical documents, and insights from the descendants of the Joyces of Maamtrasna. Maolra Seoighe, a man who is believed to have been hanged unjustly 130 years ago, was originally from Maamtrasna.听 Maolra was a father, a husband, a farmer and an Irish language speaker, and it is said to have been his use of his native tongue that was largely at fault for his hanging at the end of the day.

In the middle of a dark night in 1882, almost all of a Joyce family were murdered in Joyce country, a remote rural area on the border between County Galway and Mayo.听 Ten people were charged with this crime, one of those was Maolra Seoighe.听 Maolra was one of three who were hanged for the murders. Maolra was sentenced to death, with the judge, the jury and the barrister speaking only English and charged with sentencing Maolra Seoighe, a man who didn鈥檛 understand a word of the English language.

听Key figures from the world of politics in Ireland and England can be heard in this programme describing a new campaign to re-open Maolra Seoighe鈥檚 case.

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